Creative
Writing Courses for 2017 and 2018 UK all inclusive fees from £249 and £255

'Seven Steps to Publication Success'

'How to Write for Magazines'

'Write About What You Know'

'Write a Mini-Memoir in a Weekend using photographs & short anecdotes.'

'Get to Grips with Crime'

'Reading & Writing Poetry'

'Writing for Children'

'Writers' Retreat' - polish your work.

'Short Stories'

'Write
Romantic Fiction'

'Travel Writing'

'Write Your Family History'

'Writing the Mystery Novel'

'Public Speaking for Writers'

'A Journalist at large'

'Write
Historical Fiction'

Weekend
Courses for individual groups can be arranged. Minimum size groups 8. Most groups average about 8 - 10 members
so that you can benefit from the writing experience.

Bookings
need to be planned well in advance, as accommodation once booked must be paid for also in advance.

Insurance cover is essential as Malaga Workshops cannot be responsible for accidents, cancellations and loss of property.
Your local Post Office, AA or Bank offer reasonable cover for weekends and for holidays.

Lois Bird-Maddox is the Bilingual Co-ordinator of the Courses. She knows the area well and is keen that
others should enjoy Andalucia and the beauty of the Grazalema Natural Park. In the UK Lois tutors all level of
Spanish courses. She is a published Writer and freelance Speaker. She is interested in architecture and art and
enjoys researching Family History.

If you have been on one of our courses, bring a friend to the next
one you attend and receive a 'Writers' Goody Bag' as a thank you.

Next 'Relax & Write' Courses are at:

Lilleshall Conference Centre

Nr. Newport Shropshire on

16-18
NOVEMBER 2018

All inclusive fee £255

'Getting Away with Murder' with Stephen Wade

Stephen Wade is a multi-published freelane writer, author of 70 books on true crime (modern
& historical). He has taught English and Creative Writing for over 25 years and until recently lectured at Hull University.
He has contributed to writing magazines, family history magazines and journals. His latest book with Stuart Gibbon is Crime
Writer's Casebook.

Topics to be covered on the November course:

Researching &
planning stories.

Developing characters.

Working out the plot.

Using
settings.

Focus on how scenes work.

'Writing Creative Non-Fiction' with Simon Whaley

Simon Whaley is an award-winning writer and bestselling author.
His articles (and photos!) have appeared in publications such as BBC Countryfile, Heritage, British Heritage (USA), The People's
Friends, Cumbria, In Britain, The Observer, Holiday Villas & Cottages and FlyBe Uncovered, and his short stories have
been pubnlished in The Weekly News, The People's Friend, Take a Break, Ireland's Own and Take a Break's Fiction
Feast. He also successfully sell his images via the Alamy photographic agency.

Alison Chisholm is an award-winning poet who has over 800 poems
published in magazines, anthologies and ten collections, or brodcast by the BBC Radio 4 Radio Network Northwest and Channel
4 TV. Alison has written textbooks on aspects of creative Writing and the Writers' Bureau poetry correspondence course.
She teaches in adult education, gives talks and readings, adjudicates competitions and is poetry correspondent for 'Writing
Magazine.' She is an excellent tutor. Her courses are informal and friendly. With plenty of time to develop
your writing style, you will receie constructive feedback and guidane on how to express yourself in the written word.

Topics to be covered in
the November weekend:

The demand for quality.

Writing Exercises.

Getting the best from your poem.

Group
discussion of various aspects

of poetry.

Developing a range of top quality poems.

Keep the cream rising.

'Write that Romantic
Novel' with Kate Walker

Kate Walker is a well-known Harlequin Mills & Boon author,
having published 67 titles for them in the UK, USA and worldwide. She is also the author of '12 Point Guide
to Writing Romance,' Kate's workshops can be adapted to any form of popular fiction, and 'Relax
& Write' plan weekend courses, two part courses and retreats, so that you can benefit from her expertise
in this genre.

Writing Fiction is big business and Kate is an
excellent Course Leader of this genre.